• Like a master painter uses brushes, oils and canvas in order to compose a picture, Shakespeare was a master at using words to “paint” his plays with poetic language.

• Three of the linguistic tools he used were metaphors, similes, and imagery.

• A metaphor is a figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing, thus highlighting the similarities between the two.

• A metaphor directly equates two items, (this IS that) making a subtle, strong statement about the relationship between the two things.

• A metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other figures of speech which achieve their effects via association, comparison or resemblance.

“Give not this rotten orange to your friend; She's but the sign and semblance of her honour. ”Much Ado About Nothing, iv. 1.

“Come, civil night,Thou sober-suited matron, all in black”Romeo and Juliet, iii. 2.

"Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath,Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty:Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yetIs crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks,And death's pale flag is not advancèd there." Romeo and Juliet, v. 3.

"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt". Measure For Measure, i. 4.

"If you can look into the seeds of timeAnd say which grain will grow and which will not”Macbeth, i. 3.

"To be, or not to be; that is the question:Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to sufferThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,Or to take arms against a sea of troubles ,And, by opposing, end them.”Hamlet, iii. 1.

"I will speak daggers to her but use none.Hamlet, iii. 2.

Out, out, brief candle!Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more. It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing. Macbeth, v. 5.

• A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things through the use of connecting words such as like, as, so, or than.

• Although similes and metaphors are sometimes thought of as interchangeable, similes are weaker, suggesting that the comparison may not be a strong one.

• Similes are mainly used in forms of poetry that are comparing an inanimate and a living object.

• Similes can be humorous as well, and Shakespeare often used similes in his witty insults.

"Rush on his host, as doth the melted snowUpon the valleys”King Henry V., iii. 5.

“Anger is like a full-hot horse, who being allowed his way, self-mettle tires him.”Henry VIII, I, 1.

“Black as Vulcan in the smoke of war.”Twelfth Night, v, 1.

“Breaking his oath and resolution, likeA twist of rotten silk.”Coriolanus, v, 6.

“Sorrow concealed, like an oven stopped,Doth burn the heart to cinders.”Titus Andronicus, ii, 4.

“Her eyes, as murder’d with the view,Like stars ashamed of day, themselves withdrew.”Venus and Adonis

“Thy eyes’ windows fall,Like death, when he shuts up the day of life.”Romeo and Juliet, iv, 1.

“Entrap the hearts of men, faster than gnats in cobwebs.”The Merchant of Venice, iii, 2.

“Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,So do our minutes hasten to their end.”Sonnet 60

Love is like a child,That longs for everything that he can come by.Two Gentlemen of Verona, iii, 2

• Imagery in writing, is an author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work.

• It appeals to human senses of sight, touch, taste, sound and hearing to deepen the reader's understanding of the work.

• Powerful forms of imagery engage all of the senses and use metaphors and similes to express ideas and concepts.

"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear";Romeo and Juliet, I, 5

"Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought.“Henry VI Part 1, I, 2.

"I have seen tempests, when the scolding winds Have rived the knotty oaks, and I have seen The ambitious ocean swell and rage and foam, To be exalted with the threatening clouds: But never till to-night, never till now, Did I go through a tempest dropping fire.“Julius Caesar, I, 3.

"He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries: .“Coriolanus, ii, 2.

"Now does he feel his title Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe Upon a dwarvish thief"Macbeth, v, 2.

"Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed;And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed;”Sonnet 18

As green as a(n) ___________ _________________.(adjective) (noun)

As hot as ________________ __________________.(adjective or verb) (noun)

Friendship is a(n) __________________ ________________________.(adjective or verb) (noun)

Family is like a(n) ___________________ _____________________.(adjective or verb) (noun)

A lie is a ______________ ________________ ____________________.(verb) (adjective) (noun)

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Bibliography• http://www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/metaphorlist.html

• http://www.bartleby.com/161/authors/1557.html

• http://shakespeare-online.com/biography/imagery.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphor

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simile

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